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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL TCAAP WORK SESSION-O TOBER 12 2009 2 1. AGENDA ITEMS A. Preparation for Joint Work Session with County Board City Administrator Moorse presented the City Council with information on the joint work session meeting that would be held with the County Board on October 20th. He reviewed a power point presentation and asked for comments from the Council. Councilmember Holden suggested a slide be added to the presentation with historical information on the TCAAP site. City Administrator Moorse indicated he would also be explaining why the City was approaching the County while explaining there was also a public sale of the property that was proceeding. Councilmember Holden asked for an additional slide dividing the property along a line extending from County Road H, along with pointing out the limited access to the site. She asked that the infrastructure issues be separate from the access issues. Discussion ensued regarding the public sale of the land versus transfer through special legislation. Councilmember Grant wanted to assure the County Board that they would be able - to take a portion of the land for parks even if they were not interested in taking all 535 acres. Councilmember Grant asked that an additional slide be added to the presentation to review the Ryan Companies land use concept to make the County aware of the potential use of the site if not used for park land. Further discussion ensued regarding the clean up. The Council wanted to require that the County be responsible for ensuring the cleanup and for obtaining the funding for cleanup of the site. Councilmember Grant encouraged staff to add a point within the presentation that the Council was looking for the County to take the land, develop a parks and open space plan for its active use and implement the plan. The land was not to be vacant for the next 100 years. He stated this site was an asset to the region and should be used.